BRIBE, SWINDLE
OR STEAL

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Join host Alexandra Addison, President & Founder of TRACE, on Bribe, Swindle or Steal as she explores the world of financial crime—corruption, fraud, money laundering and sanctions—and what motivates people to break the law, how wrongdoers cover their tracks and what can be done to put a stop to the looting through interviews with experts in the field.

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April 24, 2019

Compliance Challenges in Global Development

Lauren Camilli, VP and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Blumont, talks about some of the challenges that are specific to the global aid and development world, as well as some that are universal.

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April 17, 2019

Surprising Bribery Schemes

Rupert Younger of Oxford's Center for Corporate Reputation and Alexandra discuss some novel bribery schemes at Berkeley's 2019 "Fraudfest". (The sound quality reflects the conference setting.)

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April 10, 2019

Compliance Minute: GDPR

In this Compliance Minute, Illya Antonenko of TRACE hits the highlights of the GDPR.

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April 10, 2019

Compliance Minute: Due Diligence Non-Negotiables

In this Compliance Minute, Pia Vining of TRACE describes non-negotiable components of any due diligence exercise.

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April 10, 2019

Compliance Minute: FCPA Books and Records

In this Compliance Minute, Richard Grime of Gibson Dunn discusses risks associated with the FCPA books and records provision.

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April 10, 2019

Compliance Minute: The Biggest Mistakes After a Bribe has been Paid

In this TRACE Compliance Minute, Nathaniel Edmonds of Paul Hastings discusses the biggest mistakes companies make after discovering a bribe has been paid.

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April 10, 2019

Compliance Minute: Sub-Agents and Sub-Distributors

In this Compliance Minute, Bill Steinman of Steinman & Rodgers discusses challenges associated with sub-agents and sub-distributors.

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April 3, 2019

Enhancing Internal Controls

Richard Grime of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and formerly with the SEC, provides an overview of the internal controls provision, recent enforcement actions and tips on tailoring controls to your risk environment.

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March 27, 2019

Compliance and Enforcement Predictions

A panel of former prosecutors discusses trends and makes predictions about FCPA compliance and prosecutions over the next few years.

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March 20, 2019

Addressing Doping in Sport

Paul Massaro of the Helsinki Commission discusses the scope of doping in international sport, the foreign policy implications and the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (RADA) offered in response.

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March 13, 2019

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

On today's podcast, we have what might be Rod Rosenstein's last speech while in office—given at the TRACE Forum last week—ranging broadly across his career, the work of the Department of Justice and the FCPA.

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March 6, 2019

The First 48 Hours

Nathaniel Edmonds of Paul Hastings describes the key steps to take in the first 48 hours after you learn a bribe may have been paid.

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February 27, 2019

Weddings, Funerals and Little Red Envelopes

Barbara Tsai, APAC Head--and Deputy Global Head--of Anti-bribery for UBS, talks us through three compliance challenges associated with her region: weddings, funerals and hong bao envelopes for the Lunar New Year.

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February 20, 2019

Conflicts of Interest

Stephanie Davis, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for Volkswagen Group of America, discusses how to uncover and address conflicts of interest in the workplace.

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February 13, 2019

Board Support for the Compliance Function

Jeff Cottle of Norton Rose Fulbright discusses how to secure and maintain board support, what ideal communications patterns look like and when and how to leave if the board refuses to hear bad news.

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February 6, 2019

Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund: Prioritizing Corporate Ethics

Johan H. Andresen chairs the Council on Ethics for the largest sovereign wealth fund on earth. With over US$1 trillion in assets, Norway's Government Pension Fund Global holds 1.3% of the world's stocks, including investments in over 9000 companies across 70 countries. Andresen explains how the Council works to ensure that this vast array of investments reflects the values of the people of Norway.

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January 30, 2019

The Oil-for-Food Scheme

David Montero discusses his new book "Kickback" and tells the story of how Saddam Hussein found collaborators willing to help him thwart the purpose of the Oil-for-food program and prop up his thuggish regime.

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January 23, 2019

Brexit!

Michelle de Kluyver of Addleshaw Goddard provides an overview of Brexit and then drills down on its potential impact on specific compliance issues, including anti-bribery, AML and sanctions.

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January 16, 2019

TRACE on Common Due Diligence Challenges

Pia Vining of TRACE discusses the five most common due diligence challenges her team sees and the growing sophistication of the international community of third party intermediaries.

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January 9, 2019

2018 FCPA Year in Review

Kara Brockmeyer, former Chief of the SEC's FCPA Unit and now with Debevoise & Plimpton, discusses key enforcement actions, the shifting legal landscape and compliance trends from 2018, together with a few predictions for 2019.

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January 2, 2019

The World Bank: Working with SMEs after Misconduct

Lisa Miller, Integrity Compliance Officer with the World Bank Group, describes the work her team does to help bring small-to-medium sized enterprises back into the fold after sanctions.

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December 26, 2018

Wine Forger Extraordinaire

For today's holiday podcast, we're re-posting the amazing story of wine fraudster, Rudy Kurniawan, who duped so many experts with his counterfeits. Peter Hellman of the Wine Spectator tells the story in his excellent book: In Vino Duplicitas

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December 19, 2018

Lottery Fraud

Tax evasion, money-laundering and fraud: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein describes his research--and that of colleagues--into the surprising forms of financial crime associated with lotteries. (Their research was supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism)

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December 17, 2018

Spotlight on Ecuador

Bruce Horowitz of TRACE Partner Firm Paz Horowitz Abogados in Quito talks about current anti-bribery challenges and enforcement trends in Ecuador.

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December 12, 2018

Measuring Corruption

Robert Clark, Manager of Legal Research at TRACE, discusses the challenges associated with measuring something as widespread and varied as corruption and refinements to the 2018 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix after another year of research.

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